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Replication files for "Incentives to Comply with the Minimum Wage in the US and UK" - Anna Stansbury - ILR Review 2024

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US DOL WHISARD DATA ANALYSIS
Code to generate the Tables, Figures, and statistics reported for the analysis of the Department of Labor's WHD Whisard database is found in this do file. This includes Figure 1, Figure 2, Table 1, Figure A1, Figure A2, and all in-text calculations.

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OTHER TABLES AND FIGURES
The other Tables and Figures do not have replication code, because they simply report/collate data from other sources without manipulating it:

Table 2 is a report of data provided by the Bureau of Justice Statistics by email, on request.

Table 3 is constructed based on the data exported in Table 1 and the in-text statistics.

Table 4 is compiled based on the UK HMRC Government Evidence on Minimum Wage Non-Compliance for each year listed.

Table 5 is compiled from BEIS (2018), Annex C.

Table 6 is constructed based on the in-text statistics.

Table A1 is compiled from UK HMRC Government Evidence on Minimum Wage Compliance and the outcomes of Freedom of Information requests. These FOI requests can be found as detailed in the Appendix.

Table A2 is compiled from analysis of minimum wage cases in employment tribunals. The full XLS sheet of these cases analyzed can be found in this replication package under "Data".

Table A3 is compiled from the sources listed in the Table notes.

Figures A3 and A4 are compiled using the Excel file "UK_Figures" in subfolder "Data"

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OTHER IN TEXT CALCULATIONS

Excel file "Underpayment By Firm Size" in subfolder "Calculations" shows how the estimates of the actual probability of detection for UK firms were reached.